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Download all article The United States maintains close cultural, economic, and security ties with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). 1 While the United States remains the largest economic and security partner in LAC, in the last decade China has...

Hydropower dams are back in the spotlight owing to a shifting preference for low carbon energy generation and their possible contribution to mitigating climate change. At the forefront of the renaissance of large hydropower dams are Chinese companies, as the builders...

Colombia's trade policy has for many years favored attracting foreign investment. This responds to a tendency which, among developing countries, began in the Eighties to open their markets. In Colombia this process began in the Nineties. The tendency made foreign...

China is an emergent actor which becomes more and more important in the Latin-American context. In this November 2016, the president Xi Xi Jinping visited Latin America concerning the APEC assembly, and it was the third time in less than four years, as a demonstration...

China is an emergent actor which becomes more and more important in the Latin-American context. In this November 2016, the president Xi Xi Jinping visited Latin America concerning the APEC assembly, and it was the third time in less than four years, as a demonstration...

Introduction Knowing how to research the financial background of Chinese backed companies or projects is a common challenge for activists and communities who are impacted by Chinese investors. This document provides basic information on how to research Chinese...

I. THE PERUVIAN STATE BREACHES ITS DUTY TO PROTECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY CHINESE MINING INVESTMENTS IN PERU 1. Economic activities of States cannot be carried out to the detriment of their fundamental obligations to...

Introduction Over the last 10 years, China has become one of the most important investors in the world. In 2015, official outbound investment flows from China reached a record high of almost US$146 billion,1 second only to the United States.2 This investment is...

In recent years, China has become one of the most important sources of foreign direct investment and development finance in the world. Chinese companies play various roles in overseas projects, from research and design, to construction, development and operation....

Despite slowing economic growth in both the Asian and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) regions, Chinese policy bank finance to LAC governments and state-run companies reached $21 billion in 2016. Estimates produced annually by the Inter-American Dialogue and Boston...